Franco Lo Cascio

Biography

Luca Damiano (born Franco Lo Cascio; 29 August 1946) is an Italian film director. Born in Rome, Lo Cascio started his career as the assistant director of Fernando Di Leo in almost all the films he directed between 1967 and 1974. In 1974, he made his directorial debut with the parody film 'Piedino il questurino' starring Franco Franchi. After having directed a number of comedies and the supernatural thriller 'Un urlo dalle tenebre' in 1976, Lo Cascio withdrew from directing to focus on his distribution company 'Patrizia Cinematografica' he founded together with Diego Spadaro. In 1984, he adopted his stage name Luca Damiano and directed and produced numerous pornographic films. Description above is from the Wikipedia article Luca Damiano, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

The Boss

as Cinema Spectator (uncredited)

The Return of the Exorcist

as Photographer

Guardami

as Luca

Snow White and 7 Dwarfs

as The King Father

Hamlet: For the Love of Ophelia

as The King-father

Le avventure eroti di Cappuccetto Rosso

as Il Choco

Il Monaco

Orient Express

as The Person Robbed

Inferno Rosso: Joe D'Amato on the Road of Excess

as Self

Penocchio

as Geppetto